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- Title
Defensive behaviors of Leptodactylus rhodomystax (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from northern Brazil.
- Authors
Pedroso-Santos, Fillipe; de Figueiredo, Vinícius A. M. B.; Costa-Campos, Carlos E.
- Abstract
The study of defensive behaviors in anurans can lead to new hypotheses for a better understanding of prey-predator interactions. Herein, based on field observations, we described for the first time defensive behaviors of Leptodactylus rhodomystax. The studied individual displayed stretching limbs posture and evidenced hidden aposematism. Hidden aposematism was occasionally described to occur with stretching limbs posture. Our observations suggest that synergistic defense mechanisms in anurans may be more common than currently known.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; DEFENSIVENESS (Psychology); LEPTODACTYLIDAE; ANURA; FROGS; APOSEMATISM; POSTURE
- Publication
Cuadernos de Herpetología, 2022, Vol 36, Issue 1, p101
- ISSN
0326-551X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31017/CdH.2022.(2021-061)